Crop production workshop Jan. 8

Friday

Jan 3, 2014 at 1:00 PM

Area farmers are invited to a Crop Production Workshop sponsored by DuPont Pioneer and Colorado State University Extension. The workshop will take place in the Bowman Building at the Lamar Community College on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014.

Area farmers are invited to a Crop Production Workshop sponsored by DuPont Pioneer and Colorado State University Extension. The workshop will take place in the Bowman Building at the Lamar Community College on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014. The program will start at 9:30 a.m. Topics to be discussed are best management practices for irrigated corn, nitrogen management, sorghum production, resistant weed control, as well as precision technologies. The program has been approved for CCA and CEU credits. Lunch will be provided. For more information on the program and directions to Lamar Community College contact your local Extension Office or Wilma Trujillo at (719) 336-7734 or wilma.trujillo@colostate.edu.
Some of the speakers include:
Cory Mills, Ph.D: Pioneer Hi-Bred Research Scientist, Drought Maize Traits. Mills has a Ph.D. in Agronomy from Texas Tech University, studying drought tolerant characteristics among cotton, sorghum, and castor within variable SDI watering regimes. He also has B.S. degree in Crop and Soil Science from Brigham Young University and an M.S. in Crop Science from the University of Georgia. Cory started with Pioneer in May of 2010 and specializes in the development and deployment of new phenotyping technologies for agronomic traits, with a specific focus on drought tolerance. Currently resides in Garden City.
Jack Lyons: Lyons has an extensive dryland farm background in southeastern Washington. In 1973, he obtained a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame. Jack has 40 year-service with DuPont, seven years in Manufacturing of Ag Products in LaPorte, Texas and 33 years as Sales Rep based in Amarillo, Texas. Over the years, his territory has included the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles, northern New Mexico and recently southwest Kansas and southeastern Colorado. He is also a CCA certified.
Russell French, CCA: Russell French is currently an Account Manager for DuPont Pioneer. Russell has a B.S. in Crop Protection from Kansas State University. He has 13 years of crop consulting experience in SW Kansas with Servi-Tech Inc. Russell has been employed with Pioneer for 22 years as an account manager.
Eric Moore: Eric graduated from Fort Hays State University with a BS in Agronomy. He has been a crop consultant for 13 years, Pioneer Field Agronomist for 5 years, Sales Effectiveness Manager for one year. He is also a CCA certified.
Brian Arnall, Ph.D.: Assistant Professor at Oklahoma State University with extension, teaching and research responsibilities. His research efforts are focused on precision technologies and nutrient management in all of Oklahoma’s cropping systems with an emphasis in site specific techniques. He works closely with extension educators and industry personnel to improve nutrient management practices in Oklahoma that will lead to increased profitability of Oklahoma producers. He currently has several ongoing studies focused on the development of methods to use sensor based technologies in cotton production and ground truthing the use of sensors in wheat production. In addition, he is involved in many extension projects such as demonstrating the benefits of liming and the evaluation of nutrient products that are marketed in Oklahoma.
Cole Randol: In 1995, Cole received a B.S. in Agri-Buisness Management from the University of Wyoming. Upon graduating, he worked eight years as a crop consultant for Servi-Tech. He consulted in northeast Colorado and the NE Panhandle on all major field/row crops. In 2003 he joined Pioneer as a field Sales Agronomist for two years prior to moving into various technical agronomy, marketing and managerial roles. Currently, he is the Technical Product Manager. He has been in this role for five years and works directly with plant breeders, research scientists and field teams for new product testing, commercialization and trait characterization.